COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's tennis team swept past Bentley University, 7-0, during Northeast 10 Conference play on Saturday at the SMC Tennis Courts.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-1, 1-1 NE10), Bentley (0-2, 0-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Emma Gredenhag (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny), 2 wins
• Sophomore Annabelle Aldrete (Wichita, Kan./Andover eCademy), 2 wins
• Sophomore Lucy McPherson (Vancouver, British Columbia/Magee Secondary School), 2 wins
• Sophomore Jedidah Xu (Ellington, Conn./Ellington), 2 wins
• First-year Olivia Larsen (Riverview, New Brunswick/Riverview), 2 wins
• First-year Ana Maria Ricaurte (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Colegio Alemán Humboldt de Guayaquil), 2 wins

MATCH FACTS

• The Purple Knights have earned six wins for the first time since 2016-17, matching their highest win total since going 8-5 in 2014-15.
• Larsen and Xu both improved to 7-0 in singles, with the two now 13-1 and 12-1 overall, respectively.
• Saint Michael's had last defeated Bentley on Sept. 21, 2019.
• For a program on the rise, the Purple Knights swept an NE10 counterpart for the first time since Sept. 18, 2018, a 7-0 victory over American International College.

THE ACTION

• The doubles tandems of Larsen/Ricaurte and Gredenhag/McPherson opened play with matching 6-3 victories at the No. 2 and 1 spots, respectively, to clinch the opening point. The former improved to 5-1 this season.
• Aldrete and Xu held on for a 7-5 win in the third spot to move to 4-1.
• Larsen lost only two games during a straight-set singles win at No. 2 before McPherson rallied for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 triumph in the top spot to make it 3-0.
• Xu secured the team victory with a 7-5, 7-5 win in the fourth position before Aldrete posted a 0-6, 6-1, 10-7 comeback win at No. 5.
• Gredenhag picked up a 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-4 victory in the third spot before Ricaurte completed action with a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 6, moving to 5-1 this fall.

NEXT MATCH

• Thursday at Dominican (N.Y.) University, 3 p.m.